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UGUIDE

UGUIDE

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That's it! No more Renters. Taking control of the 115 crop acres on my farm. He is a pic of me planting the 115 to winter wheat. Here we go!!

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I like a good adventure! I hope you didn't have to buy the equipment, or you'll have to do custom work! As I get older the fear of risk seems compensated by the experience.
 
I won't be buying a combine if that is what you mean. I do own enough equipment that I can do spraying and planting and fertilizaton if I want to. there are of course options to custom it all.

It is nice to finally have total control over all the acres on the farm. Or at least the illusion of total control:D
 
That sure appears to be a nice piece of Farm ground to get started on. Good job in soil prep, drill does good, tractor looks comfortable. Now, A Little Fall moisture, little snow cover, Moist, mild Spring, couple timely showers. And a bountiful harvest.:thumbsup:

I'm going to need to be kept posted:cheers:
 
I guess we now know how you decided to respond to that situation you had with your renter. Sounds like the way to do it if you've got the time. Good luck!!
 
I'd look at tiling that low spot out in frount of the tractor a ways. I think you could get two more rows in if you take the fence line out.
 
Good choise if you have the time and equipment. Its always good to have control of your own land. Renters can be a royal pain in the @ss. Better to have control and learn from your own........ then learn and try to fix some one elsa's mistakes. Best of luck Chris.:)
 
UGUIDE said:
I won't be buying a combine if that is what you mean. I do own enough equipment that I can do spraying and planting and fertilizaton if I want to. there are of course options to custom it all.

It is nice to finally have total control over all the acres on the farm. Or at least the illusion of total control:D
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you can make it rain when you want:D
 
UGUIDE said:
A lot, cedars, junipers,plums, russian olives (doing the best by the way), redosier dogwoods, services berry's, crab apples, silver maple, etc.
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My Hero!:thumbsup:
I would take about a 10 acre corner of the wheat field. Let the Barnyard and Foxtails do their thing, along with a little Red Root and Lamb Quarter amongst the wheat. Then watch as the pheasants do their thing. :cheers:
 
mnmthunting said:
My Hero!:thumbsup:
I would take about a 10 acre corner of the wheat field. Let the Barnyard and Foxtails do their thing, along with a little Red Root and Lamb Quarter amongst the wheat. Then watch as the pheasants do their thing. :cheers:
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How about it:thumbsup:. I particularly like the post "fences are out" then followed up with a "BUT--we planted them into 5 row treebelts".

If you ask me, it's a breath of fresh air. Alone with a few other land owners on this site making things happen. Without such people things would really be a mess by now:):cheers:

THANK YOU!!!
 
1pheas4 said:
How about it:thumbsup:. I particularly like the post "fences are out" then followed up with a "BUT--we planted them into 5 row treebelts".

If you ask me, it's a breath of fresh air. Alone with a few other land owners on this site making things happen. Without such people things would really be a mess by now:):cheers:

THANK YOU!!!
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Interesting as my good renter was finishing up combining beans on the east farm on a beautiful fall day he called me to say "I am going to miss this place" and proceeded to describe the beauty of the surroundings and it was cool he appreciate that and was special to farm in an area with that type of habitat. I told him "you'll be back....I don't have a combine!".
 
UGUIDE said:
Interesting as my good renter was finishing up combining beans on the east farm on a beautiful fall day he called me to say "I am going to miss this place" and proceeded to describe the beauty of the surroundings and it was cool he appreciate that and was special to farm in an area with that type of habitat. I told him "you'll be back....I don't have a combine!".
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Your hard work is paying off in many ways. It's that kind of scenery that makes a man thank God he's alive and apart of this (potentially) beautiful planet. It's good for wildlife and of course, more importantly, humans;)

My wife and I were visiting family in Wis. yesterday. On the way up there we saw some VERY large "desert like" areas with nothing (literally) but crops and some farms and roads in between to break those fields up.

Compare this to the areas we saw with sections of grasses and trees within cropping areas and it looked like something out of a Terry Redlin painting. It really is beautiful. In my case I couldn't stop thanking God for such a day;)
 
Congrats on taking the big step to do the majority of it yourself!
UGUIDE said:
A lot, cedars, junipers,plums, russian olives (doing the best by the way), redosier dogwoods, services berry's, crab apples, silver maple, etc.
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I was really feeling that list for the location until you got to silver maple .... why silver maple? IME it's a mediocre at best firewood tree with no other benefits I can think of.
 
1GB said:
Congrats on taking the big step to do the majority of it yourself!

I was really feeling that list for the location until you got to silver maple .... why silver maple? IME it's a mediocre at best firewood tree with no other benefits I can think of.
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1GB, what is the purpose of the CP5a itself? One is to buffer the downwind side by 10T the height of the tree. Diversity, variety.....might be a tree you can put a deer stand in some day. It seems to be doing real well in a drought. The basic function of a tree in a windbreak is to breakwind and protect the leeward side field from wind and other climate erosions.

2 trees doing best this year are the silvers and russian olives. Both would have people questioning their installation in the belts.
 
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